Interior container for drip-disinfectors.



Z. G. SHOLBS'. INTERIOR CONTAINER FOB DRIP DISINFEGTORS. APPLICATIONFILED 8221216, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZALMON G. SHOLES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR. TO WEST DISINFEGTINGCOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

INTERIOR CONTAINER FOR DRIP-DISINFEGTORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed September 16, 1908. Serial No. 453,282.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZALMON G. SI-IOLEs, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in InteriorContainers for Drip-Disinfectors, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention has relation to an improved form of interiorcontainer for use in automatic disinfectors intended to deliverdisinfectant fluids drop by drop. Devices of this kind commonly consistof an exterior container or casing into the bottom of which the fluid isslowly discharged from the inte rior can, which latter is secured inplace by various means which form no part of the present invention.

The principal object of this improvement is to provide an interiorvessel or container of the type above named which can be produced atsmall expense, can be easily cleaned and readily and conveniently filledand adjusted in place.

The accompanying drawing shows in section an illustrative preferred formof my invention.

The vessel itself consists of a wide mouthed bottle, preferably ofglass, shown at 1. Into the neck of this bottle is screwed a closingcap, 2, in the center of which is iixed the tube, 3, of brass or otherappropriate material, which tube projects a short distance outside ofthe vessel and extends into the vessel a distance determined by thelength of wick desired in any given case. The inner end of the tube 3terminates in a box 4, small enough to enter the mouth of the vessel. Asecond wicktube, 5, extends downward from the box 4. The box is closedby a cap 6, preferably screwed into place. The wick which leads thefluid out of the vessel 1 and delivers the same drop by drop bycapillary action, is shown at 7 and extends from the bottom of thevessel (when in the position shown) up through the tube 5 intothe box 4,and thence down through the tube 3, whence it projects as shown in thedrawing.

The construction shown makes it very convenient to clean the device, andto handle and adjust the various parts.

In filling the apparatus for use, the cap 2 is removed together with thetube 3 and attached parts, the bottle is turned so that the opening isat the top and is filled in this position. The tubes 3 and 5 and box 4are then introduced with the wick 7 in place and the cap 2 screwed down.The bottle is then inverted as shown in the drawing and the whole isready for use. The length of the tubes 3 and 5 depends upon the volumeof flow desired. The longer the tubes the slower the flow.

The box 4 is used to facilitate adjustment of the wick 7. This is easilyaccomplished by unscrewing the top of the box 4 and threading the twoends of the wick separately through the tubes 3 and 5. The cap 6 is thenreplaced, and the whole is ready to be introduced into the bottle.

What I claim is 1. A device of the character described comprising avessel, a closing cap therefor, a discharge tube extending into saidvessel, a box at the inner end of said tube, a second tube extendingdownward from said box, and a wick extending up one of said tubes,through said box and down through the other tube, substantially asdescribed.

2. A device of the character described comprising a Vessel, a closingcap therefor, a discharge tube extending through and carried by said capand extending into said vessel, a box having a removable cover and fixedat the inner end of said tube, a second tube extending downward fromsaid box, and a wick extending up one of said tubes, through said boxand down through the other tube, substantially as described.

ZALMON G. SHOLES.

Witnesses:

H. S. MAGKAYE, M. A. BUTLER.

